LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) Reviews & Ratings 2025

Overview

What is LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)?

Lynda.com (now offered as part of LinkedIn Learning) is an elearning course library acquired and now supported by LinkedIn in May 2015.

LinkedIn Learning to learn everyday skill required at workplace

Rating: 8 out of 10

September 30, 2024

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LinkedIn Learning is used to learn emerging and used technologies in detail. It helps business by providing this platform to the resources so that they can learn the things di...

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Contributor

1 year of experience

LinkedIn Learning is great! Highly recommend!

Rating: 10 out of 10

July 5, 2024

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I've been using LinkedIn Learning for years (I started with Lynda.com). The course information is always fantastic, and the instructors give me helpful insight into areas wher...

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Professional

15 years of experience

MEUS - LinkedIn Learning Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

June 20, 2024

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I use LinkedIn Learning to create learning paths and assign quarterly trainings to employees. This product assists with keeping employees on track and in compliance with compa...

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Program Manager

7 years of experience

LinkedIn Learning Can't Miss the Mark!

Rating: 8 out of 10

June 17, 2024

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I use LinkedIn Learning, previously Lynda.com, to compliment my overall career development. I personally am a fan of LinkedIn Learning in comparison to some of the other provi...

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Engineer

4 years of experience

LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) pros and cons

Rating: 10 out of 10

June 11, 2024

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My organisation uses LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) to provide us courses and certifications for career growth, necessary compliance certifications and product expertise. I wor...

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Contributor

2 years of experience

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What is LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)?

Lynda.com (now offered as part of LinkedIn Learning) is an elearning course library acquired and now supported by LinkedIn in May 2015.

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Features

Learning Management

Features of LMS and LCMS systems, related to designing, administering, and consuming learning content in an educational, corporate, or on-the-job context.

7.5

Avg 8.5

7.6
Course authoring
(10) Ratings
Users can develop and assemble online learning content.
8.8
Course catalog or library
(11) Ratings
Learning content is organized into a course catalog or browsable library.
8.3
Player/Portal
(11) Ratings
Students or employees can engage with content and take courses using this interface, which may be called a player or portal.
8.6
Learning content
(11) Ratings
The vendor offers high quality pre-made courses or assets. These may be specific to certain industries or technologies.
8.8
Progress tracking & certifications
(11) Ratings
The system tracks individuals’ progress on courses, scores, transcripts, certificates, etc.
6.4
Learning reporting & analytics
(10) Ratings
Provides insights into course completion, engagement with learning content, etc.
7.1
Social learning
(8) Ratings
Includes features for collaboration and knowledge sharing among peers.
3.9
Gamification
(3) Ratings
Presents course material in a game-like format to increase engagement and enjoyment.

eLearning Content

eLearning Content Providers offer off-the-shelf, prebuilt courses and other learning materials such as books and videos in order to enhance training for important job skills.

6.3

Avg 8.4

5.9
Multi-Lingual Support
(4) Ratings
Content provided supports multiple languages or translations.
6.9
Structured Learning
(6) Ratings
The content is provided in a structured way that builds upon itself as users progress through the material.
8
Course Searches
(6) Ratings
The ability to search for courses by name, type of course, course authors, or materials covered.
4.9
Historical Metrics
(4) Ratings
Centralized learning history where users can track their progress and learning goals.
6.7
Cloud-Based Content
(4) Ratings
Learning materials are hosted in the cloud, allowing users anywhere, anytime access with an internet connection.
5.7
Automation & Integration
(3) Ratings
The platform integrates with various other systems to allow for automation features such as adding or removing users from courses and auto-enrollment in courses.

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Lynda.com (now offered as part of LinkedIn Learning) is an elearning course library acquired and now supported by LinkedIn in May 2015.

Reviewers rate Course catalog or library and Progress tracking & certifications highest, with a score of 8.8.

The most common users of LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).

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Lynda organize the training videos well

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

November 08, 2016

Steve Surya

Solutions Architect

IT Hands (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees)

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5 years of experience

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Lynda.com is being used within our organization for technical training. Our team uses a number of technologies to help with building mobile apps and web applications. Our team checks the video training on Lynda.com. Most of our software engineers use Lynda.com for training videos. We use it to train our team for various technologies.

Pros

Lynda.com training videos are really easy to understand. The trainers have done an excellent job to walk us through the courses. Their English is easy to understand.
The exercise files are helpful along with the videos. It helps with practicing the explained courses within video training.
Videos are organized well within categories which helps with searching for a video easily.

Cons

A few new tools and technologies are not available to learn in lynda.com. So if they can get all trainings available immediately after a new tool comes to the industry, it would be great.
CRM training would be great to have within PipeDrive.
User management would be great. If I can have multiple users for my team under my account, then I can manage access easily.

Likelihood to Recommend

lynda.com is best for learning new technologies and tools. It helps with reviewing information easily and gets a hands on training to the users. It works great with people who want to review something quickly and easily. Since videos help a lot with quick learning, lynda.com is one of best platforms for learning purposes.

Great video tutorials and training

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 28, 2020

Verified User

Employee in Marketing

Food & Beverages Company, 1-10 employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

2 years of experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) is an educational tool used by everyone in the organization to upgrade their skills and knowledge in specific areas. I personally use it for education in the technological field as well as for graphic design. It is a great way to have employees trained online in their own time and considering their own availability. This is a great alternative to attending post-secondary classes.Videos are easy to follow and well instructed. The variety of information provided is an excellent way to broaden skills.

Pros

Well-instructed videos with examples
Practical files

Cons

I find that the videos stop when watched on a tablet.
I wish the videos could be played at different speeds.

Likelihood to Recommend

LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) is great if you want to broaden your knowledge in your area of education and experience. It is also awesome if you want to learn about new trends. I find it less appropriate if you want to get certified and put the courses on your résumé. It is great only for micro-credentialing.

Develop both Professionally and Personally

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 14, 2016

Verified User

Professional in Human Resources

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

2 years of experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Lynda.com across the whole organization as a tool for our employees to develop themselves both profressionally and personally. The library of courses enables us to offer a wider variety of training videos than we would be able to develop on our own or purchase from a third party vendor (which would not include as many and would be much more expensive).

Pros

Variety of Courses
Volume of Courses
Easily Accessible
User Friendly

Cons

From a management perspective, it can be difficult to manage the users' rights as you purchase rights.
Some of the courses have been reported as boring or monotone. I think the addition of interactive videos in the future would be beneficial.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for outside the classroom training. It has business related courses and non-related courses enabling a company to provide developmental opportunities for employees on a personal level (hobbies, interests, etc.).

It is less appropriate for classroom trainings as the videos are not always tailored towards policy enforcement and training exercises.

Excellent educational resource

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 17, 2018

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

2 years of experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

At my previous position at a state university, we initially signed up with Lynda.com to provide training videos for employees and staff. Lynda.com has a huge collection of educational material that is accessible in a very interactive manner. Following the success of the website with employees we rolled out a campus initiative to allow access to students as well. It was a huge success and we gained lots of positive feedback for that.

Pros

Has a huge collection of training videos and courses.
Videos are appropriately tagged and all helper files for following along with the course are available for download.

Cons

Overall, the content available through the website is sufficiently large for most users. However, I did feel as if the website did not have the latest courses on newer or upcoming technologies in the software development field.

Likelihood to Recommend

It has a large library of course material and training videos. The licensing terms are not very expensive either. Some of the content for fast evolving technologies should be updated quicker in my opinion.

Lynda.com: massive and passive software training library

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

November 29, 2017

Benjamin Brogdon

Instructional Designer

Edward Jones (Financial Services, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

5 years of experience

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

All of my comments about lynda.com are my own personal opinions and do not represent the views of the firm. I'm providing my personal views independent of my current employer.

I can't really speak to how others in my organization use lynda.com. It is not a part of any of our formal training programs. I use it outside of work when I need to brush up on my software skills. I know that others do as well, but it would not be accurate to say that it is used by our organization.

Pros

Variety: the lynda.com library is enormous. In fact, it can be a little overwhelming when you sit down and search.
Depth: lynda.com training videos are very detailed.
High quality: videos are delivered by knowledgeable experts who have great screen presence.

Cons

Passive content: I would like to see training that is more interactive. Lynda.com videos are purely passive. They do provide source code so that you can follow along. But this source code does not take the place of skill checks.
Learning plans: I think that lynda.com can do a better job of providing users with more direction when it comes to selecting related training. Most people do a search for the software they need to learn to use, such as Photoshop. And, lynda.com has hours and hours of Photoshop training. But, it would be great if the platform asked you to identify the projects you need to do and recommend relevant supplements. If you need to learn Photoshop, you probably also need to know how to use Illustrator, InDesign, etc.

Likelihood to Recommend

Lynda.com works very well to provide you high-level overviews of a wide variety of software. I have only found a few applications that lynda.com doesn't cover. The passive video approach, however, is inherently limited, in spite of the high quality of the presentation.

Lynda.com also works very well for those who need to learn independently of others. It does not work well for groups of learners.

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